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Caring For The Whole Person Initiative

The Caring for the Whole Person Initiative is a new comprehensive approach to caring for the sick and dying spearheaded by Catholic healthcare, the Catholic Church, community healthcare providers, and public health leaders. This effort seeks to remake how our healthcare system addresses death and dying and lays out a vision for a network of care that addresses both the physical and spiritual dimensions of care.

For us each, a time will come when we'll approach the end of our life here on Earth. Think of this: in every other transition we've known on this journey – birth to infancy to the preschool and school age years, to young adulthood and into relationships and vocations, into roles like marriage and parenthood that changed us so profoundly, to the achievement, or the loss of, our dreams, perhaps into the growth of connection and love with God, to the winding down of our careers think of it: at each turning point, there have been graces given to us to smooth our path. Now and then, maybe, they've come in the form of loving friends and family lent wisdom for our sake by the Holy Spirit. Sometimes that divine guidance has been given directly to us. But isn't it true? We've never been alone.

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But there's an important place for other care, care you can give, in these times to these people. The Church has Fashioned its Caring for the Whole Person Initiative to help make possible assistance for them of every kind. And there may be a role for you to play in this work. We invite you to join us for this 3-part workshop in November.

Session #1

Church teaching on
end-of-life ethics

Session #2

Accessing Quality Care & Advance Healthcare Directives

Session #3

Pastoral care at the

end of life

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